Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 It sounds like you are going for the gold medal -- RA and bipolar together in one lifetime!!! Probably many people know someone close to them with this condition. I have a cousin 7 or 8 years older who is manic-depressive inherited the gene from her dad. To her this is her cross to bear. I would go sit with her when she had an episode in my teens. We would take walks together because it made her want to go, go, go. I think that exposure to the condition made me interested in medicine, then RA showed up before I could go very far with the interest. If you are anything like my cousin she hates having the condition and says this often. However, she has managed to live a pretty successful life. She has an English Lit. degree. Acted in many plays even with some famous actors and spent time in Los Angeles trying to get discovered. She is now retired from her job after 20 years, but she has 2 beautiful healthy brainy children, one in college and another near graduating, and she lives a decent life. So all and all bipolar didn't stop her from living. I hope it didn't get in the way of life for you either. take care. Best wishes, Ebony --------------------------------- Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Messenger with Voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 hmmmm, I posted a reply to this a couple hours ago but it is still not showing up anywhere. weird. - In , Gardenia blossoms <stillbreathing29@...> wrote: > > It sounds like you are going for the gold medal -- RA and bipolar together in one lifetime!!! > > Probably many people know someone close to them with this condition. I have a cousin 7 or 8 years older who is manic-depressive inherited the gene from her dad. To her this is her cross to bear. I would go sit with her when she had an episode in my teens. We would take walks together because it made her want to go, go, go. I think that exposure to the condition made me interested in medicine, then RA showed up before I could go very far with the interest. If you are anything like my cousin she hates having the condition and says this often. However, she has managed to live a pretty successful life. She has an English Lit. degree. Acted in many plays even with some famous actors and spent time in Los Angeles trying to get discovered. She is now retired from her job after 20 years, but she has 2 beautiful healthy brainy children, one in college and another near graduating, and she lives a decent life. So all and all bipolar didn't stop her from living. I > hope it didn't get in the way of life for you either. take care. > > Best wishes, > Ebony > > > > > --------------------------------- > Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Messenger with Voice. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I typed up a reply to you earlier that musta got lost in cyberspace. Maybe that reply was just not meant to be, (it was long and detailed) I guess, well there are varying manifestations and intensities of bipolar, and now my oldest child has child onset, and thats really ugly.but for me? Most of my symptoms of bipolar were ...hypomania. I could go and go and go without sleep, without eating.sometimes for days. I capitolized on that- it is what permitted me to support myself when kicked out of home at age 12. It is how I had the energy to work and go to HS and college. It got me a cosmetology license and a realtors license and eventually my nursing license. It permitted me to work day after day, no days off from 6 am till midnite or 2 am for close to 30 years. Or to work 6 am till 4 pm and ake nite classes, or go to class from 8 am till 3 pm and work till midnite.and still also take care of my house, yard and our car. So for me, usually my bipolar turned out to be an asset. It was the RA that crashed me into a brick wall. - In , Gardenia blossoms <stillbreathing29@...> wrote: > > It sounds like you are going for the gold medal -- RA and bipolar together in one lifetime!!! > > Probably many people know someone close to them with this condition. I have a cousin 7 or 8 years older who is manic-depressive inherited the gene from her dad. To her this is her cross to bear. I would go sit with her when she had an episode in my teens. We would take walks together because it made her want to go, go, go. I think that exposure to the condition made me interested in medicine, then RA showed up before I could go very far with the interest. If you are anything like my cousin she hates having the condition and says this often. However, she has managed to live a pretty successful life. She has an English Lit. degree. Acted in many plays even with some famous actors and spent time in Los Angeles trying to get discovered. She is now retired from her job after 20 years, but she has 2 beautiful healthy brainy children, one in college and another near graduating, and she lives a decent life. So all and all bipolar didn't stop her from living. I > hope it didn't get in the way of life for you either. take care. > > Best wishes, > Ebony > > > > > --------------------------------- > Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Messenger with Voice. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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